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Soapbox: This Accessibility App For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Shows How Companies Must Do Better

Gamer Biggy is able to play the game with the use of a touchscreen.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. Today, Kate asks why the games industry is still so far behind in accessibility features.


It’s something you never have to think about, until you do: games and consoles are not made with disabilities in mind. Whether it’s a physical disability, like the loss of movement in your hands, a hearing impairment that makes it hard to follow audio cues, or even colourblindness – a condition that affects approximately 8% of men worldwide – many people struggle to connect with games in the way they were intended to be played.

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